Klarinet Archive - Posting 000179.txt from 2004/08

From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner)
Subj: Re: [kl] white leather pads (re: [kl] Silva-Bet pads with bolts)
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 02:39:28 -0400


Hello Danyel,

Do You know a really good repairmen for alto clarinets here in Germany?
I live in Ludwigshafen, which is close to Mannheim and Heidelberg.

Regards Georg
--=20
Georg K=FChner
Klarinetten (A/B/Bass), Saxophone (Alt/Tenor)
Salonorchester an der P=E4dagogischen Hochschule HD
alias "Heidelberger Saloniker"
Professionelle Notation und Aufnahmetechnik

Telefon 0621 527962

Georg.Kuehner@-----.de
georg@-----.de

http://www.heidelberger-saloniker.de

Schulstra=DFe 19
67059 Ludwigshafen
Deutschland

Am 07.08.2004 14:51 Uhr schrieb "ferengiz=E2de dani=EAl shawqy" unter
<rab@-----.de>:

> White kid-leather pads are of cause standard on German and Austrian
> clarinets as well as authentic "Albert" types. They are made by various
> firms in Europe, most notably Pisoni of Italy. Any decent European suppli=
er
> carries various brands and all kinds of sizes/thicknesses. They can be ha=
d
> plain or impregnated. As "fishskin" is allegedly actually pig bladder, I
> wouldn't even touch it even though it appears that Iwan Mueller invented =
and
> endorsed bladder pads.
> My restorer has made some extra thin pads for my old Moennig alto clar. b=
y
> removing the felt from inside a Pisoni-pad and replacing it with extra th=
in
> high grade white felt. Works super. Other antique instruments I have came
> with bulging pads (like finger tips) on some of the large lower section t=
one
> holes. We have also tried to reconstruct those by filling the pad with mo=
re
> fluffy felt-material. Some times the leather cover was centrally stitched=
on
> the cardboard base like a button. Not a long way to adding a resonator
> though I have never seen that, not even on lower clarinets.
> best wishes,
> danyel
> (Frankfurt/Germany)
>=20
>

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